World Heritage sites in Japan: all 27

Site	Country	Year	Type	Criteria
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area	Japan	1993	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Himeji Castle	Japan	1993	Cultural	i iv
Shirakami-Sanchi	Japan	1993	Natural	ix
Yakushima	Japan	1993	Natural	vii ix
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto	Japan	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama	Japan	1995	Cultural	iv v
Hiroshima Peace Memorial	Japan	1996	Cultural	vi
Itsukushima Shrine	Japan	1996	Cultural	i ii iv vi
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara	Japan	1998	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō	Japan	1999	Cultural	i iv vi
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu	Japan	2000	Cultural	ii iii vi
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range	Japan	2004	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Shiretoko	Japan	2005	Natural	ix x
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine	Japan	2007	Cultural	ii iii v
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land	Japan	2011	Cultural	ii vi
Ogasawara Archipelago	Japan	2011	Natural	ix
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration	Japan	2013	Cultural	iii vi
The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage	Japan	2014	Cultural	ii iv
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining	Japan	2015	Cultural	ii iv
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier	Argentina Belgium France+4	2016	Cultural	i ii vi
Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region	Japan	2017	Cultural	ii iii
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region	Japan	2018	Cultural	iii
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan	Japan	2019	Cultural	iii iv
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island	Japan	2021	Natural	x
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan	Japan	2021	Cultural	iii v
Sado Island Gold Mines	Japan	2024	Cultural	iv
Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara	Japan	2026	Cultural	ii iii